About Us
ABOUT FIVE VALLEYS
Church for us isn’t a building or a Sunday service – it’s a family on a mission
Our Purpose
- Love and Worship god
- meet the needs of church and the wider community
- see people become more like jesus
- journey together in fellowship as a family
- reach out to unbelievers and share the good news
Five Valleys Christian Fellowship are a growing church family of all ages and backgrounds across the Five Valleys and Stroud area who have a hope in something bigger. FVCF think the love of God in Jesus is the answer to the world’s problems.
We were all created to love and worship God and Jesus said it was the most important thing. We exist to love, adore, admire, revere, cherish magnify and glorify God! As a church, we believe love has to be practical and have amazing stories of our community reaching out to those in need. We want to be generous people who live lives that are available to help others.
Learning and maturing together is a key part of the Christian life. If you’re not becoming more like Jesus, then what’s the point? We simply want to share what Jesus is doing in our lives, with the people in our lives that don’t know Him yet. Whatever stage they are at we want there to be some way they can find out more.
Information
- We started in 2011 combining two churches (one from Stroud and one from Tetbury)
- Our leaders felt God had a bigger vision of building His kingdom in the wider Five Valleys area
- We are an independent church affiliated with Churches in Community International www.cicinternational.org
- Our Senior Pastor, Steve Woodcock is ordained and accredited by this nationally recognised body
- We are made up of a diverse mix of people from the ages nought to ninety-something and every age in between
- FVCF have lots of families, young people, married couples, single people.
- We really believe in investing in the next generation and our Little Giants outreach operates both in church and the wider community
Community Work
During normal times we operate a pre-school community group called “Little Giants” in and around the Five Valleys area. This is open to anyone in the community with young children. It’s mixture of bible stories, songs and craft with Jesus at the centre.
Also currently suspended is our monthly “Healing on the Streets” outreach. A group of us gather in Stroud and offer prayer to anyone who’s interested! It’s a gentle and compassionate ministry and many have been touched by the healing power of Jesus and the good news of the gospel.
Summer Camps and Weekends Away
As a church we highly value spending time away with one another, not only to worship and study together but also to have as much fun as possible. During the Autumn we regularly have a weekend away and in the Summer we join with other churches from across the nation at a large Christian camp. In the Summer of 2022 if all is well, we are hoping to attend “RiverCamp” ( www.river-camp.co.uk ) near Evesham.
Church Accreditation and Accountability
Our church is a member of ‘Churches in Communities’ (www.cicinternational.org)
Churches in Communities was created in 1997 and is a member-led network created by the independent church sector for the independent church sector. CiC celebrates diversity and respects independence, serving members as they pursue their vision and reach their goals. CiC now accredits a vast array of ministries from across the independent church sector and works to facilitate and encourage all those in independent ministry. Our Senior pastor Steve serves as a trustee on the Board of CiC.
